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General Directions:
1. This material contains topics on the following Professional Education 1 and 2 (Child and Adolescent
Development and Learning Principles and Facilitating Learning) Fields:
 Development needs of children and adolescents and their corresponding educational implications
 Basic Human Development
 Development Stages
 Milestones and Tasks
 Development Issues
 Current events
 Various elements of effective methods and approaches in teaching
 Promote holistic development of students including “New Normal” techniques in teaching
2. Each of the following questions is followed by four suggested answers. Select the best answer choice,
and then shade the corresponding boxes on the answer sheet.
3. Shade only one (1) box for each question on your sheets. Your response will be invalid if two or more
boxes are shaded.
4. To practice testmanship, use the scantron sheet provided.
5. Use no. 2 pencil in shading and use black ball pen in filling out information. Make sure to avoid erasures.
6. Observe academic integrity at all times. Treat this as if it is already your actual board examination. All
good is hard. All evil is easy. Losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.—S.
Alexander
7. Rationalization of each item will be done 3 weeks upon the receipt of this material. For those who have
access to the internet, google meet link will be provided. On the other hand, a word file containing the
rationalization will be provided for students with slow to no internet connection.

1. A type of lesson that requires revisiting old facts and concepts from a new perspective and setting is
known as ________.
A. Drill
B. Review
C. Development
D. Independent study

Answer B – Review is usually conducted when teacher would like to look back or revisit previous lessons
and explain how the previous lesson is connected with the new one.

2. As a special education teacher, Mr. Reyes has a student of different skills and levels. He therefore
prepares activities for each group like: fast learners, average learners, and show learners. What is the basis
of Mr. Reyes for doing this?
A. Law of readiness
B. Varied activities and multilevel activities
C. Interesting Lessons
D. Maximizing potentials

Answer: B – In a special education setting, teachers are expected to prepare activities that match the
ability levels of their students. The teacher not only respects the various conditions of his students but also
provides activities that will not only challenge them but will also provide them higher success rates of
understanding the lesson.
3. When will a teacher employ the “Oxford Oregon”?
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A. during discussion
B. during debate
C. during reporting
D. during lecture

Answer: B – Oxford Oregon is the technique of choice during debate.

4. In order achieve a meaningful teaching-and-learning process, it is best to link and relate the lesson to
the life of the student by integrating a relevant value in the lesson. Which among the following agrees
with this principles?
A. Share lesson objectives/outcomes with students
B. Write SMART lesson objectives.
C. Lesson objectives/outcomes integrated with 2 or 3 domains – cognitive, skills, and affective learning.
D. Begin with the goal/objective in mind

Answer: B – Creating a SMART objective is considered as the best way to achieve a meaningful
teaching-and-learning process.

5. Among the activities below, which activities demonstrate collaborative learning?

A. Group project concept and application
B. Student groups take drills.
C. Student groups take a field trip.
D. Teacher tutorial on students’ group

Answer: A – Collaboration is a new innovation in teaching which allows the students to cohesively work
together and learn new things together as a group. Among the options, option A provides the most
effective use of collaboration.

6. Which among the following is NOT responsibility of the Learning Resource/Audio-visual/Educational

Technology Center of a school?
A. Make available technology equipment for use of students and teachers.
B. Work with teachers in producing instructional materials.
C. Conduct training for teachers on the use of technology tools.
D. Accomplish students’ technology project for them.’’

Answer: D – All the above-mentioned options are possible responsibilities of the Learning Resource
Center except for option D. Students are expected to do their own projects so teacher can better assess
their learning.

7. In classroom management, this is the immediate and effective way to address three misbehaving
students.
A. Assign them separate seats
B. Detain three after class
C. Stop classes until the three stop misbehaving.
D. Send them to the guidance room.

Answer: A – In choosing the most effective and immediate way to address misbehaviour, the simplest is
usually the most effective. Among the options, assigning the three students into different seats will not
only arrest the misbehaviour but will also send signal to other students that the teacher is talking
infractions in the classroom seriously.
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8. How is “truancy” best understood and interpreted so that proper responses can be made to prove it?
A. Absences due to family problems
B. Absences without reason
C. Absences due to sickness
D. Absences with permission

Answer: B – Truancy is absenteeism or staying away from school without a good reason.

9. In order to show continuity and wholeness in the delivery of lessons, what can Teacher Cathy do about
past lessons before presenting a new lesson?
A. Post Test
B. Preview
C. Pre-Test
D. Review

Answer: D – Among the possible options, “Review” provides the most logical solution to the question.

10. Among newspaper contents, what can Teacher Dave utilize to teach critical reading skills to his Grade
6 students?
A. Features content
B. News content
C. Editorial content
D. Entertainment content

Answer: C – Among the different parts of the newspaper, the editorial section will allow the students to
develop critical reading skills because this section of the newspaper values opinions of the reader.

11. What learning area utilizes the demonstration method as its most suitable, effective, and useful vehicle
for learning?
A. Technical-vocational
B. Social Studies
C. General Education
D. Values Education

Answer: A – In tech-voc lessons, demonstrations are most suitable in lessons like cooking, sewing, and
other vocational skills that need to be seen and observed in actually.

12. Among the activities below, what activity can best assist students for them to acquire creative thinking
skills with fluency of ideas?
A. Solving a math problem
B. Solving puzzles
C. Writing a short story
D. Video gaming

Answer: C – Given the four options, writing a short story will allow the students to fluently express
his/her ideas while developing his/her thinking skills.

13. In what situation will the learners be more likely to internalize and follow classroom rules?
A. when the teacher gives additional points for those who follow the rules
B. when the teacher clearly explains the rules she prepared
C. when the teachers know the punishments for not following rules
D. when the learners participate in the rule-making process
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Answer: D – When students are engaged in the rule-making process, the more they appreciate and
follow the rules. The principle of “ownership” is the reason for this.

14. Teacher Maria made a list of learning activities for her lesson plan, but she did not include _________
because this is a common activity in daily lessons.
A. Presentation
B. Summative exam
C. Project
D. Buzz session

Answer: A – Presentation is part of the daily lesson, while the rest of the options are not.

15. Among the following, which is an example of a metacognitive level of question?

I. What did I learn from this lesson?
II. How will I learn more from this?
III. How can I better arrive at a solution?
IV. Why is the lesson important to myself?

A. I only
B. II, III and IV only
C. II and I only
D. I, II, III and IV

Answer: D – Metacognitive questions’ primary concern is the “self”

16. In her desire to finish all topics in the unit, Teacher may conducts lecture while her students listen to
her. What learning principle is violated by Teacher May?
A. Learning is discovery a new ideas
B. Learning is an active process.
C. Learning is sometimes painful.
D. Learning is a collaborative process.

Answer: B – Learning is an active process which means that the students are ones actively engaged in
the activity. When the teacher simply lectures while students are just listening, it takes away the precious
possibility of learning more if the students are allowed to do “learning by doing”.

17. A teacher decide to show only a portion of the video to introduce discussion rather than the entire
video. What is the teacher trying to achieve in this strategy?
A. control Discipline
B. time management
C. save power
D. focus

Answer: D – In this particular question, the most logical answer is D (focus). While some reviewers may
be tempted to answer B (time management), one must remember that the time element is not the issue
here. The teacher decided to FOCUS the attention of the students on the particular part of the video that’s
why only that portion was shown. Ex: The video is about “Systems of the Body” and since the topic is
about Digestive System, only that portion was shown.
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18. Among the following practices, which one does NOT promote interaction?
A. rephrasing the question
B. repeating and expanding on a student’s response
C. soliciting questions from students
D. rejecting the student’s answer immediately

Answer: D – When the teacher immediately rejects the answer of the student, the student will have
reservation to share his/her ideas; therefore, the flow of interaction will be impeded.

19. When evaluating students’ work and outcomes, the teacher has to possess objectively and ______.
A. memory
B. written notes and records
C. functions and guesses
D. cultural sensitivity

Answer: B – Without written notes and records, the teacher won’t be able to objectively evaluate
students’ work.

20. The following show characteristics of mastery of the content of lesson except ________.
A. deficient
B. admissible
C. proficient
D. adroit

Answer: A – All options are positive except A (deficient), which is negative. By using the odd-man out
technique, one can immediately see the right answer.

21. Read the lesson objective: “At the end of the lesson, all learners must develop a good attitude towards
government program.” Is the objective a SMART one?
A. Yes, this is written in behavioural terms.
B. Partly, because it is about effective lesson.
C. Yes, because it is well-written.
D. No, it is not specific and measurable.

Answer: D – The objective obviously did not allow the SMART principle as shown by not using
“specific” and “measurable” terms.

22. What kind of teacher is Lawrence when he is looked upon as wise and purposely probing students by
artful questioning?
A. apprenticeship style
B. town meeting style
C. traditional style
D. Socratic Style

Answer: D – The Socratic style is question-and-answer type of teaching. The traditional style is
militaristic and teacher-centered. The Apprenticeship style is learning from what the student observed
from the teacher.
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23. Teacher Harold wants to achieve a more interactive classroom. Which among the following can foster
interaction?
A. inductive lesson
B. deductive lesson
C. inquiry lesson
D. seat work

Answer: C – Inquiry lesson by its very nature promotes interaction, which the other options cannot
provide.

24. Teacher Ela consider herself mainly as a “facilitator of learning” and not a “walking encyclopaedia”.
Teacher Ela’s approach to teaching cab be said as _________.
A. Mastery-centered
B. traditional
C. student-centered
D. teacher-centered

Answer: C – Student-Centered Learning (SCL) is an educational innovation which puts emphasis on the
learner and not so much on the teacher. The teacher accepts that in order to provide better learning
opportunities for the students, he/she must be a “facilitator” of learning and not the sole source of
information.

25. Teacher Pewee asked his students to state a quote using their own words. Teacher Pewee asking
students to________.
A. Summarize
B. Paraphrase
C. Draw Analogies
D. Compare and contrast

Answer: B – Paraphrasing happens when students give a response using their own words. In the above
case, rather than saying the quote word, the students were encouraged to use their own. This is the
essence of paraphrasing.

26. Ms. Andresa, a Grade-7 teacher, noticed that as she corrects the misbehaviour of one student, it can
positively influence the behaviour of the other students in such a way that all of them would behave
properly when one student is being corrected. This situation exemplifies ________.
A. with-it-ness
B. ripple effect
C. smoothness
D. overlapping

Answer: B – Ripple effect is a phenomenon in the room in which a behaviour (whether negative or
positive) spreads in the room.

27. Learner in this category have high awareness and understanding of one’s own interests, emotions, and
goals. These learners do not necessarily shy away from others. They’re in tune with their inner feelings.
A. Interpersonal Intelligence
B. Intrapersonal Intelligence
C. Visual Intelligence
D. Logical Intelligence
Answer: B – Intrapersonal intelligence, according to Howard Gardner, is characterized by a high degree
of self-awareness and being at home with one’s inner feelings and emotions.
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28. Who is the proponent of preventive discipline as an approach towards effective classroom
management?
A. Jacob Kounin
B. Lorin Anderson
C. Anita Harrow
D. Wolfgang Kohler

Answer: A – Jacob Kounin pioneered in the development of Preventive Discipline Approach, also
known as Proactive Discipline.

29. Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy of Objectives in the Cognitive Domain was revised by Krathwohl and
_______.
A. Jacob Kounin
B. Lorin Anderson
C. Anita Harrow
D. Wolfgang Kohler

Answer: B – After Benjamin Bloom, Anderson and Krathwohl revised the Cognitive Domain, with the
following levels: Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating and Creating.

30. While administering a quiz, Teacher Imelda was able to check the attendance of the learners. This
ability of a teacher to attend two tasks or more at a time is also known as _______.
A. with-it-ness
B. tripple effect
C. transition
D. multi-tasking

Answer: D – Multi-Tasking is the ability to do more than one thing smoothly without disrupting the
class.

31. This is the term given to the appropriate pacing and progression of the lesson, which must properly
paced, monitored, and adjusted in order to prevent slow-downs and stoppages.
A. smoothness
B. overlapping
C. momentum
D. with-it-ness

Answer: A – Smoothness in the lesson refers to the skill of the teacher to deliver the lesson in an
organized fashion.

32. Teacher Myrtle is not yet finished discussing the topic about Climate Change. The next day, her
students were surprised when she proceeded to discuss a new topic about Recycling, when in fact, she has
not completed explaining the first topic. This event is an example of _______.
A. thrust
B. dangle
C. flip-flop
D. stimulus-bound

Answer: B – Dangle happens when teacher unintentionally fails to finish a topic and proceeds to a new
topic
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33. Teachers, student, parents, administrators, and members of the community are best known as
_________.
A. Sponsors
B. Patrons
C. Stockholders
D. Stakeholders

Answer: D – Stakeholders in education include teachers, students, parents, administrators, and members
of the community.

34. Teacher Jess went from one topic or activity to other topics. She discussed a lesson, then inserted an
unrelated topic from a previous lesson. This act of teacher Jess is an example of ________.
A. thrust
B. dangle
C. flip-flop
D. stimulus-bound

Answer: C – Flip-flop happens when the teacher goes back and forth to different topics, creating
confusion among the students.

35. Teacher Adnelle, an experienced teacher, has the ability to keep all students actively participating in
her lesson. This ability of Teacher Alexa is also known as ________.
A. group focus
B. overlapping
C. stimulus-bound
D. with-it-ness

Answer: A – Group Focus means the ability of the teacher to hold the interest of the audience and their
participation.

36. How do you call a classroom management technique composed of coping strategies used by effective
teachers to stop misbehaviour without disrupting the flow of the lesson?
A. low-profile
B. high-profile
C. preventive
D. disruptive

Answer: A – Low-profile management happens without disrupting the flow of the lesson like signal
interference, non-verbal cues, etc.

37. Instead of saying unwholesome words, Miss Marita resorted to frowning at her students because of
their unruly behaviour of their unruly behaviour. What did she do to address the misbehaviour?
A. non-verbal gesture
B. proximity control
C. redirecting student
D. dialogue

Answer: A – Non-verbal gesture effectively sends the message across without disrupting the flow of the
lesson and without resorting to the use of unsavoury words.
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38. Which of the following is the lowest level of effective behaviour, according to Krathwohl?
A. Responding
B. Organization
C. Valuing
D. Characterization

Answer: A – The lowest level of Krathwohl’s Affective Domain is Responding. The rest of the levels are
Receiving, Responding, Valuing, Organizing, and Characterization.

39. This type of power is manifested by a teacher when s/he shows his/her students his/her vast
knowledge of a subject matter.
A. philosophical power
B. expert power
C. legitimate power
D. referent power

Answer: B – The Expert Power of the teacher is shown in his/her profound knowledge about the
topic/lesson.

40. Which of the following situations best depicts referent power?

A. Dr. Sandoval makes his students feel that he knows all about statistics and calculus.
B. Mrs. Rivera emphasizes the importance of good grades in her class.
C. Ms. Yeung asserts her authority over her students
D. Professor Lucero makes his students feel accepted and appreciated all the time.

Answer: D – Referent power is the quality of the teacher that shows her concern and acceptance of the
students.

41. Which of the following situations depict a well-managed and learning-conducive class?
A. Students pursue their task with inhibition.
B. The learners are controlled by their homeroom teacher.
C. There is blind obedience.
D. The learners are eager to reach their objectives.

Answer: D – When classroom is learning-conducive, students are actively engaged in the realization of
their goals and objectives

42. In her science class, Teacher Martin can show the cause and effect of forest denudation and flooding
by using this type of technique.
A. K-W-L technique
B. Histogram
C. Spider Web
D. Fishbone Diagram

Answer: D – The Fishbone Diagram is used to show the cause and effect.

43. Realia is best to use in class when it is _________.

A. affordable
B. feasible
C. reasonable
D. expendable
Answer: B – Do not bring realia if it’s not feasible. For example, bringing of real snakes in the classroom
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as realia is not feasible.

44. Jacob Koonin’s “with-it-ness” is best exemplified by this situation.

A. The teacher accommodates students who have queries with regard to the lesson.
B. The teacher is aware of what is happening in his classroom.
C. The teacher is known as a loving and caring teacher.
D. The teacher gives attention to the slow-learning students in his class.

Answer: B – With-it-ness is shown when the teacher is perceived by the students as someone who
knows exactly what is happening the classroom all the time.

45. Teachers must do this in order to ensure the smooth transition of activities in class.
A. Make students socialize between activities.
B. make the materials readily available and accessible.
C. Set rules and regulations even in the middle of the activities.
D. Wait for those who are slow in accomplishing tasks.

Answer: B – Teacher should be prepared in terms of accessibility and availability of materials to ensure
the smooth transition of the lesson.

46. Teacher Carmela uses low-profile classroom control techniques in her elementary classes. Which of the
following is an example of a low-profile classroom control technique that she must carry out?
A. React of student’s errant behaviour.
B. Observe her student’s behaviour.
C. Blurt out student’s misdemeanour.
D. Manage misbehaviour without disrupting the lesson

Answer: D – Low-profile management is characterized by effectively managing the classroom without

disrupting the proceedings of the class.

47. Gardner, in his Multiple Intelligences Theory, encourages this among teachers.
A. Focus on students’ IQ.
B. Think in a diverse and multidisciplinary way.
C. present the lesson methodically and logically.
D. Consider various intelligences when writing a lesson plan.

Answer D – As a teacher with exposure to Gardner’s theory, the teacher should take into consideration
the different intelligences of the students when writing a lesson plan.

48. This is a teaching activity based on Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, and this is best done by
teachers instead of reprimanding students to do right.
A. Questioning
B. Inductive Reasoning
C. Lecturing
D. Modeling

Answer: D – Bandura’s theory is always directed toward the impact of models to the behaviour of
students.
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49. Krathwohl’s affective domain of objectives recognizes this as the highest level of his domain.
A. Responding
B. Organization
C. Valuing
D. Characterization

Answer: D – The highest level in Krathwohl’s Affective Domain is Characterization. The lower levels are
Receiving, Responding, Valuing, and Organizing.
50. The revised Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Objectives considers this the highest in terms of learning
outcomes.
A. To Evaluate
B. To Create
C. To Design
D. To Analyze

Answer: B – The revised Bloom’s Taxonomy has “to create” as the highest in the learning outcomes.

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Acknowledgment
The images, tables, figures and information contained in this module were taken from the references
cited above.